001The regular meeting of the board of education of Perry Loa School District is called to order at 5:51 p.m. in the PH media center. Roll call, please. Mrs. here. Mrs. Fley, here. Mr. Lick, here. Mr. Roberts, here. Mrs. here. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Dr. Thompson, superintendent spotlight. Thank you, Madam President. Uh again, thank you, Mrs. Dees, everyone for the wonderful reception for our retirees. Uh we're going to be uh honoring a number of us tonight. And to start it off, I think Mr. Nisley, could you come on up and talk about the uh uh the folks retiring from the middle school? All right. The middle school has uh
002two we have two teachers that are retiring this year. Um the first was on is not available to join us tonight, but I still like to talk to him a little bit. Um Mr. Robert Bales or as everybody knows him as Bob Bales, one of many Bobs that have been in middle school as of late. Uh so Bob was hired on May 18th of 1992. Um he started his uh teaching journey at Perry Elementary School and I believe he started exactly the same time that Dr. Melchesky started. Is that correct? Yes. Wonderful. Um he has uh he's taught at both the elementary school as well as the middle school. Um most recently teaching eighth grade science. As a teacher, Bob's always been inspiring and engaging um igniting curiosity, encouraging exploration, and drawing even some of
003the most reluctant learners into the wonders of science. Um it is was not uncommon to walk into his classroom, come around the corner to an explosion um or something else that was on fire because he was doing a lab and the kids were just on the edge of their seats. I'm not kidding. The first year I was here, I walked into his classroom as he was igniting something and it literally um scared the daylights out of me. I'm like, we supposed to be doing that? Yes, this is science lab. So, um, kids loved his class. Uh, very calm, um, quirky wit. If you kind of know him, he had, uh, Mr. Bales has a very interesting, um, sense of humor. Um, and the kid just is able to connect with kids. Um, probably one of
004the most memorable things about Mr. fails is uh it was not uncommon if you know you could go to a middle school cross country meet um or volley you know a seventh grade volleyball game um and you'd see him in the stands and usually over the years he was sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with uh the other Bob his other Bob Neichek um but probably one of the funniest things that I remember uh is looking up into the stands uh one of the varsity playoff games from 20 2023. He was up in the student section. I don't know what song was playing over the the sound system, but they were the two bobs were up there with the kids and they were just dancing away. Um, and I I just I was so angry that I didn't have
005my phone because I really wanted to capture that uh that moment. And uh so, you know, again, he's not here this evening, so um unfortunately, but uh I I would like to to recognize Mr. Bob Bis. The next guy is here and he beat me here from camp Fitch today. So, you need to come up here. Been a quick rush getting here. I guess you'll feel the wind on my face from being at the beach all day. It was chilly. We'll just say. So, um we're also here to uh celebrate the incredible career of Barry Snee. Um he was a devoted educator colleague and uh he has literally taught in every building of this district except the high school. So you were part of uh the elementary school, you were part of the primary school,
006you were part of PI or uh the intermediate school and then uh he is uh finishing his career uh with us at Perry um middle school. Um Barry started July 14th of 1992. Um and has uh spent 27 years teaching elementary grades. Um he's taught pretty much every subject uh that you can teach. Um he has also, fun fact, he was an interim principal. He was a summer school principal. Um and then most recently he has uh finished his career as a math and science uh teacher as part of our uh sixth grade team. So 33 years of of service to the Perry schools. Um his impact goes beyond lesson plans and and uh classroom walls. Um if you think about tradition and personality and then you mix that with the holiday spirit. Um, those
007of you that have been around here know uh well enough that this man probably has the largest collection of nutcrackers that I have ever seen. And possibly I don't know, it could be a Guinness book a world record. Someone has 6,000 over in some little country I've never heard of, but you've got time more. Yeah, more time. So, uh, Nutcracker Collection, if you want to go see it, especially during the holiday seasons, it is on display, uh, at least part of it's on display, um, at Del Monty's Italian Trees, um, which is at the Great Lakes Mall. Um, I know that uh Barry is very much looking forward to being able to spend more time um working at the store with Anthony um buying more nutcrackers um and then just doing whatever else comes next.
008You said I can't buy anymore cuz they're stacked to the ceiling at the moment. So, we'll see. Well, there's always there's other spaces available. That's right. Congratulations, Barry Speed. This is for Barry. Thank you. Okay. To talk about Janet Spray. Mr. Smith. Thank you, Dr. Thompson. Janice Frank been a dedicated employee of the Perry School since 1993. With just over 31 years experience here at Perry, Janet has been a great resource. Throughout Janet's tenure, she has always been forthcoming with information, shared techniques, willing to assist others, and share additional information. She maintained the highest standards. Now, Janet retired back in December. I find myself referencing her in conversations with employees, some of which are here tonight. Janet is very dedicated to her family. She has her mother, who she does everything with, her daughter and
009two grandchildren. In true Janet form, she couldn't be here tonight due to her grandchildren sporting events. On behalf of the board of education, I want to thank Janet for her service and wish her a happy and long retirement. Madam President, I'd like to speak to Dr. Thompson. Can you go outside or [Music] We could You may want to. Um, no. I I would like to thank Dr. Thompson for his years of service to our school district. the community and the county at large. His efforts were paramount to the success of this district. From my perspective, I wish to thank you for your support and your steady hand. Your approach in every aspect, especially during the most trying times and countless critical facility items we face at all hours of the day and night. And I
010truly mean that. I could elaborate on a on a hundred different items. I think that maybe in I don't know 14 15 years there may have been two that we didn't spend a a large amount of time on Sunday night contemplating school shutdown because of excessive weather during a Super Bowl. True. Okay. Um, but from the culture to the approach with every uh discipline throughout our district, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. My pleasure. You will be missed and I wish you a wonderful retirement and a welldeserved time with your family. Thank you. Okay. To recognize Tony O and Mr. Bravo. Thank you, Dr. Thompson. U Tony could not be with us um tonight, but I want to uh recognize her for her 26 years of dedication to our athletic department. Her
011last day was January 31st. Um, so dealing with 35 head coaches and well over a 100 assistant coaches as well as myself on a yearly basis is a tall task. Um, she handled it with great professionalism and dedication and loyalty. Those are the words that come to mind when when I think of Tony. Oftentimes I would have to tell her her her day was supposed to end at 4:30 p.m. and oftentimes 5:15, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, she's still there and we've got an event going on. I'm like, Tony, get out of here. She was just that dedicated um to making sure that the job got done and got done the right way. So, extremely fortunate to have been um with her for 14 of my 15 years here at Perry and um you know, we've been
012very fortunate well before my time to have a great deal of success in our community from an athletic standpoint. And I would say even though she never participated as an athlete here at Perry or she never coached a game or did anything like that, she was involved in every single victory that we've ever had. Um because pulling those strings behind the scenes uh was a huge part of of every single win uh that any of our teams have ever had. So I know our coaches would echo the same thing. Um I'm I'm excited and happy to report that she's enjoying her retirement. She's been at it for about five months now. She had a it timed up really well. Her son uh sort of took care of this. Um she had a grandson back in
013mid January and got to retire about two weeks later. So she is enjoying her time donating on Archie. Um Archie opens and um getting her yard ready for summer even though the weather's been less than ideal. I talk to her every couple of weeks. We still bug her. Ashley and I have to call her everyone saying how do we do this? How do we do that? Um and she's been a great sport at that too. So, thank you to Tony for all of your years of dedication to to Perry Local Schools. Um, she's certainly going to be missed. And I will echo Mr. Smith and Dr. Thompson. Thank you for all your time uh here. You brought great stability to our district at a time of we didn't have a lot of it and and
014certainly um over the last 15 years, you've been a guiding force for us uh from top to bottom. So, in addition to hiring me, thank you. um you did great things for the Perry local schools and you're certainly going to be missed as well. I think I might know where to find you um once once retirement hits. So, I'm sure we'll be seeing you down the road, but thank you for everything. [Applause] Appreciate. Thank you for those kind words. Uh Mr. Smith, uh you've taught me so much. I think I can use the word effectuate appropriately now. If somebody asked me about thumping lines, I now know what that means. And that you can actually use sonar to discover leaks and water mling line breaks and those things uh and Torzo and how many coats
015of wax it takes to make those things shine out there and just an abundance of things that I'm going to walk away with as a result of working with you. So, thank you. And obviously TJ, uh it's been great. uh even though we've had a lot of attorney fees on your behalf, uh we've gotten through it and uh it's been it's been a wonderful journey. So, now it's my uh pleasure to speak about a couple of our leadership team members that are retiring. And so, let's start with Mr. Nley. Uh come on up. Uh the leadership team's big bear. Where's he at? Oh, he's there he is. It's going to be okay. Mr. Nazi, he started his career uh in Northolstead City Schools back in 1992. Went on to Kyhoga Heights and was a social
016studies teacher there for 93 through 95. Then uh went to the Kenston schools. Uh we have some commonality there. I did hear some stories that I will not be sharing. uh from 95 to 2005 where he was a teacher, softball and football coach and at the same time was doing an administrative internship at Falls. Oh, in wrestling as well. Uh that's awesome. And then uh then he went off to Shardan schools uh from 2005 to 2007 as the assistant middle school principal. then to Stow Monroe Falls Schools from 2007 to 2010 where he was a middle school principal and then to Perry schools in 2010 and where he stayed up until his retirement in 2025 where he served as the high school principal and the middle school principal from uh 2010 to 2025. has been
017involved in the Ohio uh Association of Secondary School Administrators for some time and uh also served in the lead for learners steering committee. From the time I met uh Bob, he's always displayed a warm and caring demeanor. He is Mr. Steady. On any given day, you will find him at the entrance of his building, greeting students as they enter, supervising students in the cafeteria and moving them along at dismissal. He is the calming force in times of crisis. While we have experienced many, many wonderful events together at Harry, we've also been through some dark moments. Together we have dealt with terrible student and staff accidents, sickness and death, evacuations of the district, worldwide pandemic, and the emergence of social emotional discord from overexposure to internet content. These are the times Bob is at his best.
018During a crisis, Bob is the calming force we lean on to keep us moving. I can use that other gun now. That's okay. He does this at great cost to himself. For him, conflict is something to be avoided. So, when possible, he acts. His loyalty, compassion, and caring for those he serves are unmatched. He gladly gives himself for the benefit of others. Over the years, Bob has been that listening ear for so many of us going through hard times. People know they can speak freely to him and be vulnerable because what is said to Bob stays with Bob. Bob is a true historian who as a teacher loves his content. I have enjoyed the opportunities over the past 14 years to prompt him with various historical inquiries. The storyteller in Bob immediately emerges and using
019his eloquent speaking and delivery skills, he will bring history to life right in front of my eyes. I can sit and listen to Bob site history for hours. As like serving others, it is truly his passion. All I need to say is bombs away man. Tell the story. Isn't he like the fifth? Come fifth. What is Bob L? Curtis L. Yeah. What do you do? Aar general. Fivestar general. What's he known for? Dropping a lot of bombs. [Music] You're not falling. You're not following up. Air Force uh chief of staff, commander of the Air Force. I Okay, keep going. You get the idea. I can't stump him. I could pick any historical event and uh and he he would go to town with it. Bob's reflective introspection and analytical skills shown bright when planning for
020his building. He spent many hours envisioning the educational experiences he wanted to create for his students. From this work emerged connected authentic learning or cow. This authentic learning initiative is designed to foster passion in student learning to be supported through school growth plans, units of performance assessments and professional learning committee goals all aligned to ensure these outcomes. Bob has always been considered one of our experts when working with the Ohio teachers evaluation system and has continually provided assistance to our administrative team in this area. Bob has done an effective job mentoring and bringing along, I think, five assistant principles. He has grown to significantly he's grown significantly in confronting issues headon, always working to build consensus or find a solution everyone is willing to accept. Bob's insightful contributions to the discussions at leadership and strategic
021meetings will be greatly missed. He speaks movingly in front of groups and demonstrates a high level of proficiency at using Google and other support programs. Bob Bob has had a strong run as Perry Middle School principal. He fully embraced the culture and leadership work we demanded and has established a system involving staff and students that will serve to sustain the culture we expect at Perry schools. He worked diligently to build relationships with active parents who require frequent communication, guidance, and support. Bob is a skilled principal that is caring, and passionate towards his students and staff. He articulates well thoughtout plans and demonstrate a strong knowledge of curriculum and pedigogy. He will comply with any directives given to him and never intentionally fails to meet the expectations of the leadership team. Bob is in his element
022when working closely with students. Whether in the cafeteria, the gym, running an activity, at a dance, or volunteering as a football or softball coach, he expresses genuine care for all students indiscriminately. And students know that he is sees them and notices them. Students who had the opportunity to interact regularly with Bob positively grow from the experience. He is a visionary leader who has a deep understanding of curriculum and high standards of teaching and learning. The Cal initiative truly provides a personalized needs of all students at PMS. Bob plays an active role at the state level by serving on the board of directors and legislative co-chair for OASSA. As a result of Bob's dedicated work, he was named middle school principal of the year for the state of Ohio in 2024. He embodies the primary core
023value we look for in staff, which is genuine care for the students and the people we serve. He cares for people so deeply that at times the difficult decisions he had to make became particularly troubling troubling and gut-wrenching. No matter how Bob is treated, he will never do anything to intentionally hurt another. He has provided his staff with multiple professional growth opportunities where he participated along their side to better serve the students in the community. Bob will be missed by Perry and I will always cherish the professional growth and fun that we experienced together. It has been an honor watching you and Minnie raise your children McKenna Luke and Jack to the wonderful adults they have become. On behalf of all of us at Perry schools, we wish you the best on your future endeavors.
024Thank you, Dr. M. Joe Meski. Come on up. You might need a chair. So, Dr. Dr. Moesky was my first hire. uh when I became superintendent 14 years ago and she immediately demonstrated the kind of uh person uh she is and she went to work and so uh uh Mrs. Mutanis I don't want to scare you away but buckle up. Uh Dr. Machesky started her career in Hamilton City Schools in 1992 as a teacher. Then she came to Perry schools and taught till 1996 when Willie Eastley schools stole her way. She served as a gifted coordinator and assistant principal there from 96 to98 and a principal from 98 to 2000 and then curriculum specialist and director of federal programs from 1996 to 2011. Then in 2011 uh she came back to serve on our leadership
025team as director of uh curriculum curriculum instruction assessment and then was was promoted to assistant superintendent. Betty Joe is highly organized task oriented and has demonstrated the capacity to lead high levels of teaching and learning. It was back in 2012 when she led the committee that successfully implemented our first 21st century grant creating what became known as Quest. Remember Quest? I'll never forget that day we were at the retreat when we got the notification of that first grant coming through and and we were related. Little did we know uh that this after school intervention extended program that increased engagement of our atrisisk populations. Who knew then that this was only the beginning of 21st century grant awards? Over the next 14 years, under Betty Joe's leadership, Perry schools prospered from 21st century grant monies like
026no other district in the state. In the area of curriculum, Betty Joe quickly mapped out a comprehensive plan for the implementation and adoption of the new common core standards. Remember those? From day one, Betty Joe demanded that all instructional decisions be made utilizing formative data and would be implemented with high quality and engaging professional development, including initiatives such as instructional rounds. Well, that mean friends. Yeah, that went over well. We didn't know the history. She engaged instructional technology and data specialists to ensure that teachers had easy access to the data needed to inform instruction. This led to her decision to incorporate Tableau to enhance our teachers ability to manipulate data specific to their students. After closely analyzing the many programs being utilized, Betty Joe demonstrated her ability to make difficult decisions by choosing to no
027longer pay to be a sore district. And everybody was doing it and changed how we utilize the read 180 program. Throughout the process, she continued to model and advocate for a strong formative and summitive assessment system in our district. To support this, Bejo implemented the formative instructional instructional practices we all know and love as fit model to develop a clear process and common landing language among staff for authentic learning. She led the district in the development of authentic instruction through professional development by promoting the six elements present in authentic learning and incorporating the FIP modules to reinforce highly effective instructional practices. She required all improvement plans include areas of focus on FIP modules. I had no choice. Under Betty Joe's leadership, our professional development has evolved to be extremely targeted and embraced by the entire
028district. Our early adoption of MAP testing was a challenging process that successfully provide us with meaningful and relevant diagnostic data about our students. The growing pains she suffered shift shifting to an electronicbased diagnostic system resulted in Barry being poised to be prepared like no other for the next generation of assessments that were cast along with the implementation of again the common core standards. I came to the district as a Microsoft uh advocate and I lost the war to Betty Joe to Google. There was really no fight. It's free. It's free. Talk about records. I think she holds the record for the most tabs open at one time on her uh on her laptop. Under many Joe's leadership, our professional development has evolved to be extremely Oh, I did I say that our early adoption of
029map testing was challenging. And uh at this time Medo not only had led the successful implementation of 21st century grant at PMS but she also scored us another 21st century grant that brought 750,000 additional grant dollars to implement a program at the high school level. This early imp implementation of grant dollars would not have been possible without Bejo's ability to pull together the principles, literacy specialists, director of student services, and provide target interventions interventions utilizing the RTI process. During this process, Betty Joe provided the leadership to empower our literacy specialists to expand services from basically a K2 program to what is now a K8 program. Betty Joe also embraced the professional growth and development of our administrative team by actively planning our retreats and strategic meetings. Her work ethic has always embodied our mission to
030be self-directed lifelong learners. One example of this early on was facilitating parent meetings she coined as PET parent educator academic team. When we needed it most, the Pete meets became an outstanding venue to deliver instructional news to our community and gain the needed support to be successful pushing initiatives forward. In the meantime, Perry received an additional 21st century grant for high school and created the PR and we created the Perry College and Career Academy and was also awarded a $600,000 21st century grant to our elementary school, meaning we became the only district in the state of Ohio that had money flowing in all three buildings. Seeing a blind spot in our human resources area, Betty Joe created and distributed a teacher handbook in compliance with a negotiated agreement which had been done which had been
031agreed upon several years prior to our arrival period. She continued to oversee testing which was conducted numerous times throughout each year preparing our students for the next generation. Betty Joe worked closely with building leaders and staff to ensure blizzard bags were utilized with fidelity. Those are no more, right? No more. She continued insisting on the use of formal instructional practices and utilized to fit your school mantra for individualizing and group professional growth and development. During this time, we're also increasing our use of technology tools where Betty Joe assisted in the move to a oneto-one device environment. As always, this innovative move coupled with professional development by bringing in consultants to work firsthand on utilizing technology to enhance instruction. Furthermore, Betty Joe continued to manage educational technology decisions to ensure we maintain the capacity to utilize
032technology to enhance instruction and prepare our students for online assessments. Betty Joe has been able to manage a multitude of areas while continuing to maintain a systematic approach to improvement. With all the new innovative practices going on in district, Betty Joe still carved out time to expand her knowledge. She visited cutting edge learning institutions such as the AS2 in Youngstown, traveled to San Diego where she got to experience the famed high-tech high and visited a number of STEM schools in the area. Not to be limited to the work within the school year, Betty Joe created, marketed, and oversaw a major summer stretch program that serves students of all abilities, allowing authentic learning to continue during the summer months. I have always admired Betty Joe's laser focus on the guaranteed curriculum and authentic learning, increasing problem
033based learning, providing intervention and enrichment, landing and managing a multitude of both federal and competitive grants and investigating numerous title 9 complaints along the way. She builds strong relationships and is able to inspire those around her to give their best which is evidenced by the learning facilitator, literacy specialist, math coach, data specialists, and administrative specialists principles who all are proud to consider Bay Joe their direct report. as this as if this isn't enough. I have yet to mention all the state mandates and directives that have been dropped in her office over the past 14 years, such as the development of the comprehensive local evaluation system. Again, Betty Joe's leadership efforts have been vital in meeting the OD requirements while still providing meaningful feedback to our staff. Her work with the new Ohio teachers evaluation system
034was exemplary. She dedicated herself to ensure our administrative team was trained and given direct feedback uh to their evaluation practices. She worked closely with the PC PCTA to develop highly detailed and thorough reference guides and documents to help make a very complex process more understandable. Remember those meetings? Petty also closely monitored the development of teacher student learning objectives known as slows. This was accomplished by pulling together a slow committee containing representation from all stakeholders charged u to monitor and improve the process going forward. Betty Joe never wavered in her work to oversee the development of curriculum as we strive to offer the most innovative learning opportunities possible. Betty Joe has always been integral in establishing the foundation of new courses. In the early years, there were courses such as game design, web design, and introductory
035engineering design. Later on, this expanded to CTE courses such as STNA and welding. Bett also served to provide guidance and leadership in our delivery of world languages and developed such a con in and in conjunction with our obligation to serve English language learners. Her close work with this group led to an innovative approach to provide our elementary students with exposure to Spanish, but also providing English language acquisition to our ELLL population using a co-e model. BHO continued to improve the five professional development days she was charged with planning, which now provides an array of content to meet the growth and development needs of all teachers. This evolution occurred by taking a collaborative approach and listening to what the teachers see as their needs and incorporating them in the to district goals. Over the years, Ben
036Joe has done an excellent job soliciting expert presenters from our teaching staff to share their knowledge with colleagues and they remain a resource as we move forward. Now the professional development being provided during PD days has successfully transcended beyond these days to become districtwide initiatives. In the area of new teacher training, Betty Joe closely led uh with the lead facilitator to develop a thorough yet thoughtful program to onboard our new teacher hires on the expectations to become a positive contributor to the Perry schools. After listening to the feedback from one of the largest new hiring classes of teachers in the history of Perry, Betty Joe made considerable changes to how the program was to be delivered along with what content was to be included. It is this type of reflective practice toward continual improvement that
037sets Betty Joe apart from other administrative leaders in the education industry. The resident educator program and the local professional development committee are additional areas of responsibility that have benefited greatly from Betty Joe's expert leadership and task orientation. The RTI process and diagnostic testing have become a systematic approach to monitoring student progress and preparation for high stakes testing that is embedded in our everyday professional practice. Over the years, this brought many difficult decisions such as dropping part testing and developing test air and most recently the decision to go back to paper and pencil. Betty Joe is a self-reliant achiever. Being self-directed, she drives herself towards excellence with minimal support and/or monitoring. Her reputation as a strong leader empowers those around her. Betty Joe also consistently demonstrates a highly skilled ability to write. A waiver written to
038OD applying to be one of the 10 schools permitted to create performance assessments as an alternative to high stakes testing was judged to be one, if not the best written proposal in the state of Ohio. Her work was so highly respected, the intera interactive lab network districts elected her as the president of the statewide group of performing school districts. Betty Joe has made every effort to be sure a common understanding is pervasive throughout our educational community. To do this, she incorporated a vi a variety of media including video productions where students were utilized to inform the public of our understanding of authentic learning. but she'll also provide information through her regular newsletters, news on learning, conducting presentations to the board and other stakeholders. And in my humbling opinion, her best work is the development and
039implementation of the Perry Learner profile. This document succinctly defines what each student should know, be able to do, and aspire towards aspire towards as they pair pirate. And there's a small poster of that up there on the board. That learner profile is also used throughout the state as a model for other districts to follow. Her work on the culture for learning and achievement form instructional practices and the graduate profile has established a solid base to accomplish a true transformation to the instructional practices of Perry. As a result of her work, units of every course are now viewable to the public and data teams are in place to respond to instructional needs. Betty Joe demonstrated the courage to challenge the very core of our culture and to do whatever it takes to help stakeholders understand why
040we must embrace the challenge and difficult work to change our ways of doing. Shifting our current grading and reporting practices to a genuine system of more accurately monitoring the learning of our students is an endeavor that was met with much resistance. She's always collected and disagregated various achievement and growth measures to analyze student achievement and drive instructional improvement in both summitive and formative practices. Many surveys have been conducted to gain from a variety of stakeholders including parents, staff, students along the way. Much of this data was particularly used to demonstrate readiness to move forward with implementation of standardsbased learning to monitor student achievement on state test standards. Data dashboards were created illustrating pre and post- test outcomes. This data served as diagnostics to gain understanding and provide a predictive measure of where our students were
041likely to fall based on the state benchmarks. Betty Joe also monitored the level of proficiency rubrics that had been completed at the K12 level for ELA science, social studies, and exploratory courses at the high school. She engaged in a number of activities aimed at providing clarity to stakeholders and making progress towards achieving district goals. Again, she videoed students, parent focus groups, parent Oh, yeah. Yeah, we got those waiverss. I don't know where they are. Uh, information nights, spirit fingers, coffees. Betty Joe published variousformational media both electronically and in print. This included triphone brochures, web-based frequently asked questions, communication letters, and all kinds of videos. Betty Joe also met numerous parents individually in small groups to work through perceived issues. In addition, because of how Betty Joe and Perry are seen in the region, she was
042able to consistently pull together neighboring districts and build collaborations to be awarded other grants such as a striving reader grant that brought over $500,000 into the area schools. Betty Joe has been able to successfully engage in outside professional networks dedicated to making impact at the state level. not only serving as president of innovative lab network, she represented at v various meetings outside district. Some of these meetings included curriculum director meetings, Ohio leadership improvement for OLAC training, future rate schools, teacher guild, women and educational leadership, 21st century state summit talk network entrepreneurial mindset facilitator training, cultural sensitivity training, Noel, and now artificial intelligence summits. Times of crisis typically see the strongest leaders rise to the top. And there is no doubt that Betty Joe stepped up and was there providing the support and encouragement necessary to
043set people at ease in time of unrest and panic. During the pandemic, she took it upon herself to record a video message to staff and the community that provided eloquent reassurance that we will get through this together. As always, Betty Joe set the example by getting to work and providing systematic plans for moving into a landscape of remote learning. For Barry, it wasn't sufficient to just establish a capacity to exe execute remote learning, but to do it well by providing sound instructional expectations and interventions for those demonstrating such a need. This would not have been possible without already establishing a foundational culture, instructional beliefs, and behaviors. Betty Joe accomplished this by setting a clear vision utilizing her district leadership and district learner profile she created in collaboration with fellow stakeholders. With this serving as a
044base, she then established a step-by-step improvement process focused on data induced building level goals and in coinciding professional development required to see to uh achieve instructional growth. Has anybody seen one of Betty Joe's charts? Being awarded the striving readers grant, the 21st century CCLC grant, federal grant striving readers, and the EOEC grant has provided the means to allow our district to explore and implement highly innovative programming to provide our students and staff with experiences that are much more personalized and and can potentially accelerate learning curves through meaningfulness and relevance. The EOEC grant was the beginning steps that opened the door to purchase what is now multiple houses that allow students to gain real life home renovation experiences while earning course credit. And that ribbon cutting event for that first house was something this district needed
045in the worst way. And it was one of the most heartwarming moments that I've ever experienced as an educator. Thank you. Whether the growing leaders initiative, teachers skilled work, or the Ohio process, every learning and improvement opportunity Betty Jos at Ferry is in direct response to a databased decision. The only standing relationship and activity in the teaching guild, the longstanding relationship paid huge dividends. After years of preparation, PES was su able to successfully launch within a school within a school coin the Perry Ingenuity Institute PII which is now expanding to a schoolwide level. With a teacher substitute shortage, Betty Joe took advantage of the relief legislation and built our substitute capacity by bringing on college students and other newly qualified candidates to vote for Levoid. This was done locally outside of what the ESC was
046trying to provide. Betty Joe was al was able to gain Betty Joe was able to gain expand grant funds coming into the district by being awarded the Ohio School of Wellness Remote EDX and industry credential career workforce funding. The work has done that has been done most recently to expand our industry credential opportunities by providing a welding lab and now an innovation hub for our students again serves as a model for other districts to follow. All told, Betty Joe has brought in over 8,636 into the district in grant money. [Applause] Betty Joe is intense. We got restless and driving. Always on the move in pursuit of greatness and becoming a better version of who she is every day. I have been so blessed to work with her over the years. Her intense focus on instruction
047has allowed me to pursue my passion of creating a positive, caring culture. We have been the perfect ying and yang ham and eggs. And as Forest Gump wisely states, my mama says, "We go together like peas and carrots." As with Bob, it has been a pleasure watching Betty Joe and husband Paul raise their children, Emma and Dan, be the wonderful adults they have become. It has also been an honor uh to have gotten to know her mom, Judy, and sister, Kelly, as well. They work hard and they play hard and we could always count on Betty Joe. Uh, I'll never forget and Bob's pretty good at it, too. Turn on some music and they're going to get after Lover Boy and Red Hanger Chiefs. Oh, he'll be emblazing on my mind and I'm never going
048to say more than that. History hasn't gone home. Let's just say she can dance. I appreciate our last 14 years together, buddy Joe, and the impact influence you have had on me. Working with you has made me a better person. From all of us at Perry Schools, thank you for all the years of service and good luck in your future. [Applause] gonna go home and rest years ahead, right? I believe that. If I could just say, I wish I could say a lot of thank yous, but none of this office could have happened without my secretary, administrative assistant, Lori Langon, and Death Co for her. All of this rests on the back of lots of like what are we doing now? Whose job is this? and she always takes it on. So like you had
049to cry. Yeah, they did. Well, there goes my speech. You guys need an intermission or anything? I was actually just going to come up here and say that Jack is very light-hearted and he doesn't like to talk, but if you could really help me, I'd appreciate it because I didn't write a speech, so I'm I'm just going to go off the top a little bit. I appreciate the interaction whenever you feel like it. Okay. Um, so it's going to be nice. Don't worry, this is not one of those This is easier than a board meeting, believe me. Um, I'm going to go back to I'm going to ask you to raise your hand. So, this is the teacher in me, right? And do you remember 1999 when the new millennial was going to turn, right?
050We're going to go to 2000 and we were worried that electricity was going to go out. We might run out of goods in the grocery store. So, people were buying water. They were buying batteries and um it was just kind of a weird time, right? Remember that? Am I the only one that went to the store and got batteries? Yeah. Okay. So, I'm going back to that because call me old. What's that? You're calling me old, aren't you? No, no, no, no. He didn't start here then. So, um it's just a funny little story I have. Um I don't know if it's funny, but I was thinking about it the other day because it took me back to the reason the 1999 came up and the thinking about the new money was because I met
051Jack in 1999. It's right before I moved to Perry, so don't get mad. I was living in Madison, both were um the I I signed up to teach for coach my son's little league team and um and you know I knew everybody in Madison. We played softball, knew everybody that played baseball. So back then when you sign up to be a coach, you kind of just get a piece of paper, they tell you where to go and you show up at the field. And I got there and I remember knowing this my paper it said that the other coach was going to be this guy named Jack Thompson. And I had never heard of that name. And all I thought was he better be good. He better know baseball. He better know what he's talking
052about. Um because I don't want to coach with someone that doesn't know how to coach baseball. So lo and behold, he was a fantastic coach. Um as you can imagine, he was he was a really really talented coach. But um so we got there and I got to meet his wife Sherry back in 1999 I believe and um their daughter was actually the one that was on the team with my son. So it was really interesting. Um and it was baseball. So I got to meet Sherry and um she was very lovely. I loved meeting her and spending time with her and she was very kind and generous and warm-hearted and came to all those games and sat in her chair with her other daughter at the time. I believe probably two or three years
053old maybe. And I thought, well, this Thompson Bailey's not bad. They're pretty nice people. I like him. He's okay. So, I did I I thought he was a good guy and he really was caring. Um, you can see how much he cared about kids because he the way he coached them and he interacted with kids, he was patient. You're leaving out the part where I had to tell you to hit the balls easier at the kids instead of smacking. Well, I we're both competitive, but I probably was a little more competitive. Um he did tell me I had to not hit the ball so hard at kids practicing Browners. So um he was very compassionate, very caring, um just a great coach and and great person. So we had a a great time coaching that
054year and um kind of went on from there, right? 1999 and think about how long ago that was. I was just mentioning the new millennium, right? Think about how long ago that was in our lives. So, fast forward to 2011. Okay, anybody was anybody here? Raise your hand if you're here in 2011. Okay, maybe you lived in Perry, maybe you worked here, maybe your kids went here. I lived here. my son that we coached in T-ball was getting ready to graduate and it was um 2011 and I have the newspaper article here on my phone from March March 28th I think 2011 where the board unanimously voted to select Jack Thompson to be the next superintendent of the Perry local schools. So um I'm Wow. I had no idea that our paths would cross again
055and he was going to end up being a Perry. um we didn't really didn't have any connection as much over the years. So there was um it was just interesting to see that happen. So he ended up in Perry as the superintendent. And I I think that it's important to note through that time, you know, this board as as Jack was quoted a few weeks ago, this board that's here now did not hire him. None of us were here. None of us were part of it. But we did hire you a couple years ago. So, we brought you back. You've been you've been with us for years, so we did not accept that. Give us some credits. All right. Um, but in 2011, it was a different board, but they unanimously selected Jack. And um,
056so here we are. We're here today. Um, so I I do want to say that in order to have a successful school district, it's it's like Jack just talked about, right? It's the leadership team. And back in 2011, he started building that team. And that team is sitting in here tonight. a lot of them are here. Um, as you know, some of them are departing, some of them are returning. Um, and some are here and they're continuing on to grow their own team. So, thank you, Jack. Thank you to your team that you built and to all of you because it really does take takes a lot of talent, takes a lot of unique experience, takes a lot of skills and a variety of people to make a successful district. And I think that starts
057with the leadership and it started with your passion and your empathy towards people and caring. And um that was that was one of the things we probably uh often get on Jack about. So even though it's a really great skill and it's a great asset for him to have, um there's often times that this board will tell Jack he needs to be mean and and he's not good at being mean. Um so that's that's okay. Um Sher, do you want to come up? None of his kids are here, but um he and and you know what, that's okay. um he has a different style for leadership and it and it's empathetic and he's a good leader and he knows how to build a team of people around him to make things successful. So I appreciate
058that and thank you. Thank you to all of you. Um I think this is probably going to be um uh hard for him to make this adjustment because there's a lot that goes on that people don't see behind the scenes. Yes, there's board meetings. Yes, there's the day-to-day. The kids are on campus and and superintendents are doing their thing, running their districts and and all of the leaders in in the district are doing their thing, but there's a lot that goes on. Um, superintendency position is 247. It doesn't stop. Um, there's plenty of times over the years where I know I've called and I Sherry's probably been in the car still Sherry said, "Hi." um because they're on their way to their son's football game or on their way home from visiting their daughter or
059wherever they may be on a Sunday, um a Saturday night, uh Saturday morning. Um it doesn't matter. Um I'm sure all of us at some point, I know we have if for a fact, have called him um any time of day and he would always answer and he probably talked us off the ledge most of the time because we would call frantic about something that we heard or something that was concerning in the community. So, we wanted to make sure that we had things under control. And there was a lot that went on um that people don't see. And I think that that needs to be recognized and I want you to know how much we appreciate that because I think your heart and soul that poured into this district was demonstrated through through your
060actions and the way you were always responsive and you always um were there when we needed you. So, I really appreciate that. And I would be remiss if I didn't thank Sherry for sharing him with us for all these years. Um it's it's really been um a fortunate for this district to have him. So thank you for sharing it with us. Um just don't send me an email. No no no no thank don't don't do that. Um you know I don't need to go over the history of the district and say anything that happened over the last 14 years because Jack did that. So I'm not going to do that. Um, I you know the one the one thing that really sticks out a lot for I think for this for this board and for
061Jack is probably the the restart in 2020 and I don't want to talk about that time period of of what was going on in our world. It was a challenge and um we were all caught off guard with the restart plan and the reopening of schools and I'll never forget that um that board meeting we had and um it was it was a challenge. We were up on stage in the Goodwill Theater. We don't normally hold meetings there, but we did because we had to social distance and it ended up being one of our worst memories. And we said we never want to have another board meeting there again because it was it was a bad memory. It was a great board meeting though because it turned into a good thing. The first time Lou
062ever let me spend money. Yes, he did. Because he felt so bad. He said, "Okay, you can spend some money." But it did end up turning into a positive experience. And that was because the way that Jack pivoted and changed courses almost I mean to come up with a brand new plan of what it was going to look like to restart school and we were one of the only schools that pushed through and and were in school more than anyone in the area that I know of and and that's thanks and credit to Jack and the leadership team here that that made this happen. So the willingness to change and adapt and pivot, those are again those are strengths that you have that I think go a long way and and are appreciated by all
063of us. Um so I guess in in closing the only other um I want to mention someone that was very near and dear Mark Welch um remember who obviously isn't with us anymore but I know he would love to be here today and he was Jack's golf partner um in the golf cart. So that was always interesting watching them try to try to navigate through a golf course together over the years. Um but he was a really bad golfer. He was he was a really bad golfer. Might be the worst that all time. Yes. He um Mark had a hard time. He didn't lose just the balls. He lost clubs I think. So um it was it was fun watching them navigate through the course together. Um, so thank you and um it's been a
064pleasure uh working with you all these years. Thank you Sherry. Thank you to your family and um take as many migins as you want cuz we're not counting. So thank you. I appreciate it. Well, I haven't said it much, right? But, uh, I I just, you know, thank you for those kind words and thanks to the board, even the ones that didn't pick me for all the support over the years because there Timmy said it right. Uh, you know, this is a challenging position, but it's one that I've been blessed and will always appreciate the opportunity to serve Perry schools. And I had my eye on this place before um I was selected. I I applied for a couple positions and didn't even get an interview. Uh but finally uh they let me in and
065now they're, you know, going to get me out finally. But uh the thing about this district is, you know, great great uh environment, a great location attracts great people. and the commonality that we all share. Uh we're here because this is a wonderful place to be and it's just been you know I'm just so grateful for the opportunity to uh work alongside of you folks uh to to uh provide and get the support and the reinforcement encouragement that I've gotten from all the folks uh these last 14 years. Uh you know it has been a challenging time but a great party and uh this uh the the people at Perry are like no other and you're just so fortunate to be a part of this wonderful community and I was so fortunate to serve it
066and so thank you so much. I I forgot to show this picture I found from 1999. Um there's a big version of it. I put one on your desk. It's actually I'm calling it George Jack because if you know what shorts are, he had he was coaching in his long denim shorts that went a little past his knees. They're coming back. Yeah. Well, they're coming back, but this was in 1999. I'm not sure where they were. So, Mr. course, you might want to make sure you have good coaching attire so it doesn't come back to haunt you someday. Yes, I remember that picture. To all our retirees, thank you so much for all you've done for the district. This district is strong because of the people that work for it. And the commonality among all
067of our people is they truly care about doing what's best for all the kids of the district. And that's what comes first. and the opportunities that our kids have, the career readiness and educational opportunities they have rival any large district, any private school district. And we are just so proud of everything that you all do for our kids and grateful for it. So, thank you to all that you do and best of luck to all of you in your futures, whatever that may hold. Um, come back and visit, substitute whenever you want to. We hope we hope to see you again. Um, if you don't know, this is generally our longest meeting of the year and that started it out in a pretty long way. So, let's just take a quick 10 minutes and come
068back at 8 minutes. We'll come back in about seven if anyone needs to stretch their legs and we'll resume at 7 o'clock. Thank you. We're going to resume now um with committee reports. Does anyone have a committee report? Um we did meet with some of the members of the record board committee or I actually went to the record board meeting and um just to check in because we had asked about whether summer wreck was happening and um summerre wreck is not happening through perry wreck. There is a summer wreck program through great day childcare but there this year is no actual summer wreck program running through Perry recreation district. So hopefully that's something that will come back in the future. I think it's a it's a great program for kids and gives kids something to
069do in the summer and it's a big service to both our younger children and our students for employment in the summers. So, um we hopefully will be in communication with them and keep updated on where that may go next year. Is anyone else on the committee report? Is it okay? Um Dr. Thompson, administrative update. Yes, thank you. Uh, I just want to take a moment to uh thank the custodial maintenance staff for uh preparing uh uh the competition gym for the commencement exercises this past weekend. That place as always was uh spotless and they spend uh significant amount of time in there making sure that it's uh uh you know in the right condition to honor our 2025 graduates. It was a wonderful ceremony and uh special thanks goes out to uh Chief Williams. Uh
070we we did have increased presence and safety forces there and uh uh there was a lot of uh folks in uniform to make sure we were well protected and uh I appreciate him being able to do that in the last minute. Uh but just a great great uh ceremony. Good luck to all those graduating seniors. Uh academically, let's close up uh the right way. I think we're done with AP testing now. Uh our high school kids are getting ready for finals at the middle and elementary levels. Uh you know, we're going to continue to, you know, push some academics and also have some celebrations along the way. Looking forward to those. Uh we got some dunk tanks ahead, right? Or some things. Uh I want to get the times of the certain folks in those.
071It's going to be important. And athletically, good luck to our spring sports athletes. Uh we had we heard word from the uh from the coach over here that our girls won 40. uh they in district now so they'll play mentor on Thursday I believe in mentor and then our boys have a big game against orange uh track when we run districts Thursday and Saturday districts Thursday and Saturday where we have a tennis everybody know but uh they got to be coming up with their tournaments soon too as well but anyway good luck to all those kiddos uh let's close this thing up right and uh with that obviously you know one more box that needs to you checked is the budget. Uh the Senate is going to be coming out with their version of the
072bin budget probably next week and uh as uh Mrs. Capo is going to explain to us as she's trying to do a five-year forecast without a lot of information. Uh we're going to be watching closely and being ready to pivot on that depending on the kind of uh information we get. Mr. Glam. We appreciate his efforts down there to make sure that we're being seen on those nice soft hard oak benches when they come out of committee and uh and we're going to do the work we need to do to make hopefully continue to get Perry supported with that budget. So uh with that, I'd like to turn over the update to Mrs. Capo. Thank you, Dr. Um as Dr. Chops mentioned, we will be asking for approval of the five-year forecast tonight. Um we
073do this twice a year in May and November. Um and it gives us a chance to look at where we are right now and where we're headed as in regards to our finances forecast. It's just a tool, right? It's not um an inevitable course set in stone. It just sort of gives us an opportunity a heads up of potential challenges that we may be facing. And this year, there are more of those potential challenges than usual due to the um the urgent call for property tax reform after the unusually large increases we saw um in this last reevaluation cycle. So, currently there are over 20 different proposed bills, all attempting to provide some sort of property tax relief. Um and so in addition to the usual uh challenges of the uncertainty around all of our
074uh revenues because of the power plant, um we now have these myriad of possible bills to contend with as well. Um most of these would not have an impact or very little impact on our district, but there are a couple that would have a very material impact. So as I go through, I'm going to talk about those a little bit. Um, property taxes are a big deal and that's the first line on our our our forecast and when you look at that we do have an increase this year and we'll see an increase again next year um due to the fact that we're on a floor in our class one properties. Uh therefore valuations go up so do our collections. It's important to keep in mind though that even with this uh the increase that
075we saw from the revaluation, we're still collecting less than we did just six years ago. If you look back 10 years, we're collecting less 11% less than and we're collecting 55% less than 25 years ago. So, while some people will say that this is a windfall, a substantial increase, we're still behind the ball when you look at the big picture. And this is not typical of most school districts. It's because of our we're a power plant district. Um, and so we're one of a very few districts in the state that have actually seen negative growth in our tax revenues, right? Um, so it's nice that we got that increase. That's a happy thing. Um, but we're not guaranteed to continue it because already there's challenges to it. Some of those potential challenges. First, Vistra has
076um already filed a challenge on their valuation. They're looking for a $60 million reduction in their property tax valuation. um our county auditor has advised me that we should expect to collect about half a million dollars less um until there's a settlement reached on that and that could take a couple years. So for every year that it takes to to reach a settlement um we're going to lose half a million dollars in revenue. Um additionally there's a house bill house bill 186 that's uh being considered right now and that would cap growth due to being at the 21 mill floor um on an inflationary index. If that were to pass, it would basically wipe away the entire amount of our increase that we just saw. And the way that it's worded right now, we would
077only be able to see a 2.4% increase. And so it would take away about we would end up collecting about $2 million less than what I have projected over the next two years. And that would be a very material um impact on our uh forecast. Um we'd be almost certainly in deficit spending next year. and it would start to whittle away at our cash balance much more quickly than I um had thought. So, we're keeping an eye on that one. Um property taxes though are only 45% of our revenue. The uh most of the other 55% comes from another house bill, another bill, annual budget bill. Um that as Dr. Thompson said has not been finalized yet. So, we do have the house version. That's House Bill uh 96. Um and so that's what I
078use for most of the forecast projections. In that version, they uh kind of did away basically did away with the fair school funding formula and so our state uh state funding formula funding is stagnant. Um they kind of just said everybody gets a little bit more and it really is just a little bit more. Next year we'll see about $47,000 more and in fiscal 27 it's only 13,000 more. We we spend more per pupil than that. Um so those those revenues are going to be flat. The other piece of the um of the banual budget bill and probably the most important piece is the private power plant reimbursement. Um one line that's one-third of our uh overall revenues. Um currently in the house version, it is still frozen at the 2017 levels through fiscal 27.
079And that's how it was in the governor's version as well, but we're not quite certain about what's going to be in the Senate version. Lou though, as Jack said, has been working diligently to get it in there. Um, and we have been working with the other nuclear district and we believe we have some language now that the Senate is going to be able to support. So, in my forecast, uh, I did forecast that we'll have that freeze through 27. Um, but to be conservative, I did start phasing out again in 2028 or in fiscal 28. Um, I went with the assumption that the state's not going to let us take a a giant hit all at once, that there'll be a gradual phase out. Um, but some people do have an opinion of the language
080that states that when that freeze expires, we immediately go back to where we should be on that phase out schedule. And if that were to happen, it would be an immediate loss of $3 million. Um, again, I don't think that's likely, but it is a possibility. So, I just want you guys to be aware. Um, on the expenditure side, there's not very many changes. Luckily, we just talked about. Um, I do want to mention that uh there's some changes from uh the November forecast. mostly in salaries due to those proposals that we test and that you guys approved in December. Um salaries for this year are up a little bit because the 2% statement and then fiscal 27 and 28 they're increased because of the 3% that was in the site this the proposal. Um
081but for next year in fiscal 26 the increase is very minimal and that's because we saw um some some savings to attrition. All of these changes in administration that we've been finalizing over the last couple years or a couple months um should net about $65,000 in savings. Um, and then we're having three teachers leave, but we don't need those three FTEEs. We're only going to replace about 1.7. Um, and so that would give us about $120,000 in savings there. Um, and even those salaries of 27 28 when you look at them on the forecast, when we actually get to those years, I believe those numbers will be reduced. Um, mainly because of retirements. I can't put retirements uh into the forecast until they're official, but we have the potential of seeing up to 30 retirements
082in the next 10 years. Um so, uh I I believe those numbers will be much lower by the time we get there. Um but to the to that uh point with the there increased retirements coming up, I did include a $235,000 transfer into our severance fund. Um we're going to be paying out some severances this year, obviously. Uh and then with those increased uh possible retirement, I just want to make sure that we have that account funded correctly. That transfer though did give us a tiny little bit of deficit spending this year. Um about $36,000, but that's less than it's about 1% a little more than 1% um of our budget. And that could easily be wiped away depending on how the actual numbers coming for May and June. Um, and even overall it still
083leaves us with a cash balance at June 30 of about $15 million. And that brings us to the last potential challenge and probably the most concerning. Um, that House version of the budget has language in it that would cap our cash balance at 30% of our expenditures. If that happened, with the way things are right now, we'd only be able to carry over $8.2 million, which means we would be expected to give back 6.8. Um, now the Senate version is still unknown and so we're very hopeful that they're going to completely eliminate it or at least change it, modify it so that the percent carryover is higher or um that they put it in some kind of procedure where school districts could present um like documentation as to why they need that that cash down.
084And so currently in this this um the forecast that I presented, I did not forecast that 30% cap being um in effect. And so uh if that were to happen, we would need to revise this uh this uh forecast and reapprove it in June or July once we know what that language is is is uh certain to look like. Um, but like I said, for now, we're going to assume that there's going to be no cap or no substantial change because of the cap. Um, and if none of the other legislation is discussed that was discussed earlier is enacted, uh, we shouldn't have deficit spending next year, which is always good. Um, there is deficits in 27, 28, and 29. Um, that's typical of a forecast, especially years four and five. It's just too many
085unknowns. Um, generally though, things will change, right? Um, and so, uh, as always, our goal has been and will continue to be to adjust and adapt to minimize deficit spending, um, and to push out the need for any levy. That's a bad word, but as far as possible. So, um, yeah. So, with that 30% cap and we have to give the money back, is that kind of like a spend it or lose it situation? like we have it until they what at what point did they say like okay you have to give us this money back. So it's it's give it back is kind of um misleading. It sounds more like we would lose collections next year. So we would collect 6.2 million less if we don't use it. If we don't use it. Yeah.
086So they're punishing people for being fiscally responsible by having a a fund of of carryover to support the district. And every district, I mean, when we were at a meeting with a bunch of other school districts, everybody had a different story as to why they had to balance and what they had planned for it. Every nobody's just hoarding money in in schools, right? That's not what we're doing. Everybody's plan. We have aging facilities. We're going to have to replace roofs. We're going to have to replace and and repair much of our buildings that are what, 30, 35 years old now. Um, and so we we need that. Also, with being a power plant district, we're constantly at risk of losing anywhere from half a million to several million dollars based on just random things. Um,
087and so having that gives us the buffer so that we're not immediately asking our taxpayers to to cover those those losses. So, and hopefully with um we have a lot of new homes going in right in in Perry. So I believe upwards some at one point there was the number was over 300 but that was of everything combined Hidden Village plus Booth Farms and all the different phases of all the different developments where they were um building new homes. So would I think the current numbers I'm hearing are somewhere around 2 something 270ome in Booth farms that are continuing to be built. Will that have a positive impact on us? That would have positive impact. we would see growth in our um in our property tax revenue and and that most likely would not be
088um subject to that one that House Bill 186 reduction because that's just growth on the 21 floor. This would be new uh construction and so that growth would just be um new money that we would be bringing in property taxes. So potentially more students as well. So that that's the tradeoff. Okay. So the 30% that they're saying, what is our current percentage um that we would need that cap to extend to? Right now at 15% 15 million, we're a little over 15%. Um so yeah, like we would we Yeah, I haven't I haven't figured out the exact the right number in between. It wouldn't necessarily have 6.8 because more we use it would go higher, but it would be a it would be multiple millions. But because we're not levy dependent, we need to have
089the cash balance so that we don't have to become levy dependent and this could potentially push us to become levy dependent. Yes. I mean, yes, if that if that is enacted, we will definitely be having some very serious conversations. So there's so so there's a lot in flux, but I think it's good that we're prepared and, you know, taking a conservative like mindful, but you know, it's not panic time. No, no. and and my forecast reflects that. My forecast, if you look at the forecast, we were in we're in a good spot. It's just that there are a couple more unknowns than usual. And so, I just wanted to make sure you guys were aware. And and when we say deficit spending, we're not in what like the most public thinks of deficit spending, like
090we're spending more than we have. We're just taking out of our cash balance, right? We still have significant cash balance, right? But we're not like we're not in debt. Oh, no, no, no, no. Not even anywhere, please. Okay. Thank you for all thank you explanation and work on that um that it that concludes my administrative update. Thank you. Just check in. Um I'm listen participation. It's not like we haven't been here for a while. It's an unusual meeting. No. Okay. I just have to keep on track. I don't It's unusual. Consent agenda. Um, is there a motion to approve the consent agenda? Some move. Second. Roll call, please. Mrs. Holey? Yes. Mr. Leic? Yes. Mr. Roberts? Mrs. Trman? Yes. Mrs. Yes. Dr. Thompson, back to you. Here we go. And I don't have any water,
091so we'll see. Here's one. Under a personal approval of non-renewal, the board is asked to approve the non-renewal of the individuals listed for the position noted as recommended by the local superintendent, assistant superintendent, director of student services. Under B, personnel approval of contract adjustment. The board has asked to authorize the adjustment of the 2425 employment contract of the individual noted from 188 days to 187 days ending May 31st, 2025 as recommended by the local superintendent and chief financial officer and obviously this is for retirement purposes. Under C, personnel acceptance of retirement, the board is asked to accept the retirement of the individual noted as recommended by the local superintendent and building principal. Under D, personnel acceptance of resignation, the board is asked to accept the resignation of the individuals noted as recommended by the local
092superintendent. E, personnel change of position. The board is asked to approve the change of position for the individual noted for the position indicated as recommended by the local superintendent. F personnel approval of appointment. The board is asked to approve the employment of the individuals listed for the position indicated pending successful completion of required employment paperwork certification, training and background check as recommended by the local superintendent. Under G personnel approval of employment prep stipened, the board is asked to authorize the chief financial officer to compensate the certificated license teacher listed who is entitled to the 1,00 contractual stipen for their work during the 2425 school year as recommended by the local superintendent, chief financial officer, and building principal. Age personnel approval of appointments. Lake County Schools Healthcare Council fiscal management. The board has asked to approve
093the employees listed for the Lake County Schools healthc care council physical management positions noted as recommended by the local uh superintendent. Remember we contract service to uh the the county healthcare a personnel approval of employment independent study. The board has asked to uh approve the employment of the individuals listed for the second semester independent study supplemental position and rate of pay indicated for the 24-25 school year as recommended by the local superintendent voting principal. Under J personnel approval employment 21st century CCLC, the board is asked to approve the employment of the individuals listed for the PHS 21st century grant positions and greater pay indicated as recommended by the building principal and local superintendent. Funds for these positions will be paid out of the federal grant funds awarded to the district as indicated and verified through
094a time sheet for the dates indicated below. K personnel approval appointment 21st century uh grant summer. The the board is asked to approve the employment of the individuals listed for the grant positions and the rate of pay indicated as recommended by the building principal and local superintendent. Funds for these positions will be paid out of the federal grant funds awarded to the district and indicated and verified through the time sheet and the dates indicated below. Under L personnel approval employment band camp, the board is asked to approve the individuals listed for the band camp July 7th through the 18th of 2025. Positions indicated as recommended by the local superintendent voting principal. Under M personnel approval of appointment summer volunteers, the board is asked to approve the individuals listed as a volunteer for the area noted
095pending successful completion of background check as recommended by local superintendent and building principal. Under N, personnel approval employment 2526 supplemental committee one. The board is asked to approve the employment of the individuals listed below for the supplemental committee position indicated for the 2526 school year as recommended by the local superintendent and assistant superintendent. Under O personnel approval appointment 2526 supplemental committee 2. The board is asked to approve the employment of the individual listed below for the supplemental committee position indicated for the 2526 school year as recommended by the local superintendent and assistant superintendent. Personnel approval appointment pack positions. The board is asked to approve the employment of the individuals listed for the pack position and rate of pay indicated pending successful completion required employment paperwork certification training background check as recommended by the local superintendent
096and athletic director under Q personnel approval appointments athletic supplementals. The board is asked to approve the employment of the indivi individuals listed for the 2526 athletic supplemental position and rate of pay indicated pending successful completion required deployment paperwork certification training and background check as recommended by the local superintendent and athletic director under our personnel approval of employment athletic volunteers. The board is asked to approve the individuals listed as a volunteer for the sport noted pending successful completion of background check and certification as recommended by the local sub superintendent and athletic director. S personnel approval of employment substitutes. The board is asked to approve the individuals noted for the 2425 daily substitute position listed pending successful completion required employment paperwork certification and background check as recommended by the local superintendent under T personnel approval appointment substitutes.
097The board is asked to approve the individual noted for the 2526 daily substitute position listed pending successful completion of required employment paper certification and background check as recommended by the local superintendent. U board policy second reading. The board is asked to adopt the new revised board policy listed as recommended by the local superintendent. V. Approval of out of state travel wrestling camp in Michigan. The board has asked to approve the Perry wrestling grade 7 to 12 to attend the Central Michigan Wrestling Camp from Sunday, July 13th to Wednesday, July 16th in Mount Pleasant, Michigan as recommended by the local superintendent and athletic director. There will be approximately 20 to 25 Perry students going. The team plans to use district vans for transportation. The distance from the Perry from Perry to Mount Pleasant is approximately 320
098miles. Itinerary is attached that meets our the guidelines for mileage. W. Approval of out of state travel corrective action. The board is asked to approve the corrective action noted previously approved April 15, 2025 as recommended by the chief financial officer and assistant superintendent. Approval X of 202526 conferences. The board has asked to approve early dismissal for PS and PMS students as noted for the 2526 parent teacher conferences as recommended by the local superintendent and building principal. Lunch will not be served on these days for students. Why? Personnel approval of reemployment administrative. The board has asked to authorize the chief financial officer to issue issue salary notices and/or contractual salary adjustments for the 2526 school year for the following administrative staff members as recommended by the local superintendent. Z personnel approval of remployment certificated licensed one.
099The board has asked to authorize the chief financial officer to issue salary notices contracts for the 2526 school year to the following certificated licensed staff members as recommended by the local superintendent. double A personnel approval of reemployment certificate of license two. The board is asked to authorize the chief financial officer to issue a salary notice for the 2526 school year to the following certificated license staff member as recommended by the local superintendent. Uh doubleB personnel approval of reemployment non-eing continuing contracts. The board has asked to authorize the chief financial officer to issue salary notices for the 2526 school year to the following non-eing staff members with continuing contract as recommended by the local superintendent. CC personnel approval of reemployment non-eing limited contracts. The board is asked to authorize the chief financial officer to issue limited
100contracts or salary notices for the 2526 school year to the following non-eing staff members as recommended by the local superintendent. Double D personnel approval of reemployment exempt contracts hourly. The board has asked to authorize the chief financial officer to issue salary notices contracts for the 2526 school year to the exempt staff members listed as recommended by the local superintendent EWE personnel approval of remployment exempt contracts. The board has asked to authorize the chief financial officer to issue contracts or salary notices for the 2526 school year to the exempt staff members listed as recommended by the local superintendent. Um, this concludes my superintendent report. Can we adjust the date of resignation for that one certificating staff member and that's in here? Okay. And that should have been noted that I did not note Is there a
101motion? Second. Any discussion? I would just like to personally thank Gina De's for the wonderful job in creating what I hope is our last May agenda. Thank you. Roll call, please. Mr. Light. Yes. Mrs. Tricker. Yes. Mrs. Steeling. Yes. Mrs. Fley. Yes. Um, we do have a couple of pretty significant hires on this agenda with our director of learning and innovation. Welcome back, Ariana. And Dr. Vantage, who is going to be our middle school principal. So, he was approved earlier, but this is a more formal meeting. So, welcome. If you would like, if you have anything you'd like to say, introduce yourselves, please feel free. I just want to say real quickly, thank you so much for the opportunity. It honestly feels like a dream to be coming back to Ferry. I've been gone for
102three years, but I so closely follow the work that you all have been doing, and I'm just so excited to get to work and work on a lot of you. So, thank you for having me back. Thank you. Welcome back. Welcome. Welcome back. Nice to see everyone. It's wonderful to hear all the retirement speeches tonight. I have a family of educators. I've watched my dad retire, my mom retire, my grandma, everybody. So, it's really nice to hear all the kind words. I mean, I haven't worked with all of those people, but it's wonderful to hear all the great things they've done. Uh, so wonderful. Congratulations. Appreciate very excited to be here. Uh, I am so excited to come and be a part of this this community and this group. I have been nothing but welcomed
103by everyone here. I've been getting texts and phone calls and emails and letters at home. I just have felt such a warmth coming over here to Perry and I've been watching from afar over a town over for several years and seeing all the great things that you've all been doing. Very excited to be here and to work alongside of them with the parents and the students and the staff. Um also the leadership team excited to work with your team and um I I feel very fortunate thankful to be here. So thank you for all your support. Looking forward to working with all of you and all of our community as well. So thank you. Thank you. And Dr. Thompson, now you have an addendum report. Thank you. Under my addendum report, I have another a
104personnel approval appointment 2425 supplemental. The board is asked to approve the individual listed for the 2425 supplemental noted as recommended by the local superintendent and building principal. Under B, personnel approval appointments pack positions. Board is asked to approve the employment of an individual listed for the pack position and rate of pay indicated pending successful completion of required employment paperwork, certification, training, and background check as recommended by the local superintendent athletic director. This concludes my superintendent's addendum report. Is there a motion? Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Mrs. Mrs. Holey, yes. Mr. Le, yes. It's Yes. Um, thank you. A, approval of financial reports. The board is asked to approve the financial report from April 2025 as recommended by the chief financial officer. B, approval of five-year forecast. The board is asked to approve the five-year
105forecast as presented by chief financial officer. C. Contracts and agreements curtainly shared service currently shared facility maintenance services. The board has asked to authorize the chief financial officer and superintendent to review an agreement with Kirtland local school district for shared facility maintenance services effective August 1st, 2025 through July 31st, 2020, 2030 as recommended by the local superintendent and financial officer. D contracts and agreement to Panorama. The board has asked to approve the one-year service agreement of Panorama Education for MTSS services effective July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 in the amount of $19,75 budgeted from student wellness funds as uh recommended by the assistant superintendent and chief financial officers. Contracts and agreements exceptional kids therapy 2024 2025 ESY. The board has asked to approve an agreement with exceptional kids therapy services for physical therapy services
106to be provided for identified students at the rate of $72 per hour for the 20242 extended school year program as recommended by the chief financial officer and director of student services. Duration of services will be determined at each student's ESY team meeting. F contracts and agreement exceptional kids therapy 202526 school year. The board is asked to approve an agreement with exceptional kids therapy services for physical therapy services to be provided for identified students at the rate of $72 per hour, eight hours per week, plus up to four additional hours per week as needed for the 202526 school year as recommended by the chief financial officer and the director of student services for a maximum of $31,14. G contact and agreement education alternative. The board is asked to approve the 202526 educational alternative services agreement for
107specialized academic and therapy services for students as deemed necessary by their team as recommended by the local superintendent and director of student services. The total cost for the program is $37,310 per student and the district is built monthly for these services. H contracts and agreements. Aanir solutions neonet. The board has asked to approve an agreement with AENR solutions neonet for $24,420 for technical resources to architect the migration procedures for AV objects, PCs, member servers, printers, and log on scripts policies as recommended by the chief financial officer and director of information technology I contracts and agreements LCST healthcare. The board has asked to approve the agreement for Perry s Perry schools to serve as a Lake County schools school council fiscal agent for from July 1st 2025 through June 30th 2028 as recommended by the chief
108financial officer. J contracts and agreements uh educational service center of the Western Reserve. Board has asked to approve the 202526 educational service center of the Western Reserve service agreement as recommended by the local superintendent and director of student services. The district will be build monthly for these services. K. Approval of expenditure camp Fitch. The board is asked to approve an expenditure to Camp Fitch for $19,180.75 for the 202425 sixth grade camp trip as recommended by the chief financial officer, local superintendent, and building principal. L. Approval of expenditure of Ohio paving. The board is asked to approve the expenditure in the amount of $134,871.69 69 cents for the Ohio paving and construction for concrete, concrete curbing, ADA ramps, and catch basin repairs under the sourceful contract as recommended by the chief financial officer and director of
109maintenance and operations and approval of legal counsel. The board has asked to approve Brennza McIntyre and Seed LLP as legal counsel to the Perry Board Perry School Board of Education relative to property valuation challenges and acceptance of grant funds families or is asked to accept a grant from the user family foundation in the amount of $1,000 and to approve the appropriations for such grant to be placed in fund 09 SEC 95D as recommended by the building principal and chief financial officer. The grant was awarded to Mrs. Soder for wellness week activities. O transfer of funds. The board is asked to authorize the chief financial officer to transfer any remaining funds from the class of 2025 account into the class of 2027 account after all invoices are paid for fiscal year 2025 as recommended by the
110chief financial officer and the building principal concluded by chief board. Is there a motion? So second any discussion? I do. Okay. So, Jen, on letter M, the um the legal council. Yes. So, there's no contract rating there, but is that just to They filed the um counter complaint on the Vista's challenge to their their evaluation. Um we couldn't use our normal because there was a conflict of interest, but this this comp this this they're used in in Bent and Carol as well. The same same attorneys that Benton Carol's using as well. Yeah. And I think we'll be talking in under new business. They're going to come in is they're going to come in and give us some information on exactly what the process is, where we're at. So, we will need to schedule a work
111session in order to get that information and get the full scope of what is happening and what our role in it is because we're able to argue back with their their we can appeal, right, their um valuation reduction, right? We we did file a counter claim. Okay. Yeah. And so then now we kind of hope to reach a settlement because we're one of the few entities that can fight it because we're I I don't remember what it's called but like a taxing entity, right? So you're only allowed to challenge or file the counter effects at certain thresholds. $60 million difference certainly hits the thresholds. Um and we're protecting the tax base on something like that. um when we when they come out to meet with us um it will be an executive session meet your
112attorneys on that really to talk about what their strategy is going to be your strategy for them um on fighting this as as Jen mentioned during fiveear forecast the longer it goes on there's a loss and because they're the effective rate that lower for everybody else on the valuation everybody's paying a lower Um, and so, so if they're not paying it and they win, we're receiving less dollars for that. So, we're we're actually in a race against time as well. Um, and so we'll kind of detail all those things out, meet with the board, the attorneys, strategist, try to get dates set up. Um, and really think how much this will cost. So, what we're approving here is just to work with that legal counsel. Yes. Not not a dollar amount yet. No. No. That's
113not on here. No, we just have to don't want to agree to something that I don't know what I'm We'll talk about that. All they did right now is file the counter complaint. Okay. Um and want to sit down with the board to kind of talk about strategy on that. Okay. So question just regarding is this a um placeholder or do we actually have students slated to go to education alternatives placeholder? Okay. And then so if we don't send anyone we don't we're not on the hook for that dollar amount. Oh okay. Got it. Um exceptional kids therapy. They're coming into the district right on letter F3. Is that during the school year? Yeah, it's just PT. Okay, I have a question about that one too. So E was basically as needed for the 2425
114school year and then F extended we have right extended but we had an as needed. What did we base the F on? Is that this year's amounts that were contracted with them? You mean is letter E for just summer services? Letter E. It's just openended. F is the but is is a set amount. It's a set. It's not a set amount. It's entirely dependent or how much Gotcha. But the estimated eight plus an additional four. Is that different than the extended? So here it's just Okay. So I see what you're saying. It's it's not a set at all for the over the summer, right? An estimate an estimated cost for the 2526 is the eight the four, but it could go additional. It could. Okay. It could we pretty long and great history know all
115of those effective services are going to be far out things or gain several students change pretty dramatically but right now really good projection which should stand it could Okay. Are they providing prek through 12 in districts during the school year? Okay. Is there any other discussion? Just panorama. Just are we is that a specific grade level again? Are we the panorama contract that's on there? Not a specific grade level. We are still doing the surveys 512. Nothing has changed. We use the at risk predictor the MTSS system for K to 12 but the surveys are specific population of students but we do use the MTSS projection software you do that okay surveys are sort of where they thank you anyone else have anything roll call please Yes, Mrs. Sully. Yes, Mrs. Foley. Yes. And Mr.
116Light. Yes. Um, unfinished business. So, just an update. I did speak or check in with um Mr. Sigone, our attorney regarding the Champion Farms property. Um, we did request the legal fees from the village and the the Jed. Um, we have not heard back from the village yet. on their they had offered about half of what we had incurred um for like closing costs and we have not heard back. Um he reached out about a month ago, heard nothing back, reached out again a few days ago, has heard nothing back. Um so right now we're not really sure what is going on with those. The the original agreement was, you know, the the township the the village wanted to purchase property and couldn't do it without the help of the school. So, we did step
117in and purchase the property and help them out with that. And the understanding and the agreement in the contract was that we would end up whole and we have nothing to gain from it. We shouldn't certainly lose anything from trying to do what's right for our community and and help out our community. Um, but we do have to protect our taxpayers and our students. And so, we are looking to recover anything that we should certainly not be negative from helping out. Um there was a little bit of misinformation that that may have been put out there um to the media. I did see something in the minutes that you know they had tried to transfer the property. The property was meant to transfer when they paid it in full in 2022. Um there was something
118said that that maybe the school was a holdup in that and I did confirm with the attorney that we we were waiting on some property information and um I believe it was delineations. Let me see exactly what he said. Um yes, we had to wait on the on the village for legal description of the land. We received that November 4th. So pretty closely after that. There was a little bit of more discussion regarding easements and deed restrictions that we had held on the property. Um and then that transferred over just a few months ago. So that property transfer is complete. The deed restrictions are filed. The easement has been filed. So now the last remaining thing is is that we don't end up paying to have helped out. So we're just looking to be made
119whole in that instance because we we really gain nothing from from doing that whole service for them. Did I miss anything, Mrs. Ko? No, I don't. Okay. So hopefully we can have a conversation and and you know work together and and try to make sure that we are working cohesively and doing what's best for all of our taxpayers moving forward. Um is there any other unfinished business? We keep talking about having a governmental affairs meeting and I think we need to reach out. I don't know. I'm looking around like we we always say that who does know I don't remember a work session long time. I didn't know I didn't remember who said it, but Sunday, maybe we should just reach out and get a governmental affairs meeting set up because like like that information
120about the housing developments going in. That's important for us to know. You know, if we're going to have an influx of of kids coming in, it would be really helpful. So hopefully we can we'll replenish what we lost over the years, right? Because we are down quite a couple hundred students. So yeah, it's okay. Yeah, we we're not going to get 500 of them. No, no. We're at But as we staff, we want to make sure we're keeping our class sizes where it's beneficial for students and teachers and doing the best for our kids. So, we need to know where when people are moving in. There's never guarantees on numbers of kids and all that, but you know, good to be aware of. Um, under new business, we do need to make a few modifications.
121we do need to add a work session in so that we can do the um have the conversation with the our legal team regarding the power plants valuation. So I think we were looking to do that hopefully the first week of June. Is that is that the goal Mr. Galant availability was they wanted to come in about the first week of June? Um they didn't really say but that'd be probably ideal. So, let's try to see what our schedules are so we can get that set. June 3rd would be the first Tuesday of of June. I potentially could. My son's having his wisdom teeth out, so I'm not sure how that's going to go. We can hope for the best. I'm out. Like, I won't be around until June 10th. Okay. Starting the last day
122of school. Oh. So, I my Can they do as soon as next Tuesday? Is anyone available next Tuesday? The 27th. Celebrator of the end of the school. I could do next Tuesday. It would have to be like 6:30. Hold on. So that would be the 27th. Yes. At what time? I have a I don't necessarily matter. Oh, you matter, Lou. I could do earlier in the day. We could do I'm free all day that day. So 27. Yep. Um, I can't do till after. Oh boy. I don't think you want to do it Memorial Day. I can't do till six o'clock at night. So, Kathleen, Kathleen, you can do 6:30. Oh, Lou is out. That's okay. You want to do that morning? I can do morning like 8 a.m. to the 27th. Oh, I can.
123Yeah, morning's I can do that. Morning. So, try to do like 8:30. It's the day after tomorrow. Yeah. 8:30. 8:45. I give you 10. Free all day. 8:30. 8:30. 8:30. We could do 8:30. Can we try and see if they're available? 8:30. We can adjust as needed. Um, when do we need to notice that? 24 hours before. So, by Friday. Yeah, we don't want to make Mrs. D's send out notices on Memorial Day. So, all right. So, let's say that would be the 26th 27th in the morning. And then for the June meeting, I think it's come to our attention that two of us are out of town. So, I don't think that's enough. Um, could we move that to the 25th? Wait, it's supposed to be the 24th. Oh, you still be out. I'm
124out of town the 21st through the 28th. I won't be here the 25th. We do like 16th. I can do the 17th or the 16th. Actually, 17th. I can't do the 16th. I'm out of town that week. I can't do the 16th. Summer has hit. I think is in a meeting to close out the year. How about the 30th? I'm kidding. Um, yeah, that's why we always have it. That's why it's always late so we can get everything in. You're ahead of schedule, right? We can do it at three. We just have to have three that can make it. So, I'm out the last week of June, but I will be your birthday, Jess. My birthday. Uh, oh, that's the the 16th is an anniversary. 19th anniversary. 18th is your birthday, right? 18th is my
125birthday. Yeah. Big one. So, are we looking at Can we do So, we can't we can't do the 25th because you're gone the 25th. I'm going the 25th. 30th. We can Can we move it 17th? It's out, right? That whole week is out. I'm I'm good the 17th, but Okay. I'm gone that week for the 30th. in the morning. I can do the 30th anytime or no? Anytime. Jen, what about what do you need? You have I could make the third work and it would be better to do the morning. Okay, there's I have to send certain stuff to the end. Well, they're all gone now. When are you guys at? You guys are available the 26th or 27th, don't you? Yeah. Yeah. In the morning. Yeah. Let's see. I'm on a work trip. That
126would be the three of Oh, I'm out. No, she's out. I thought you three were here. Have a work trip. See that? Yes, I know that. That's why we do the morning. 16 or 17. Is the 30th too late for you, John? No, that's what works. Let's just do the 30th in the morning. Let's say 9:00 a.m. Does that work for everyone? regular meeting. Um, yeah. Does that work? Sure. Yep. I'll probably be driving in from out of town. Well, if you can't have three, but you three can be here for sure, right? Okay, then go. Okay, let's do June 30. I'll put it on. It's a possibility. Sorry. What time? 9 a.m. And that's a regular meeting, so it'll be recorded. So it's if people can't make it to watch, I mean, we won't
127make it to be here, but All right. And then Okay. And then we want to set up a date and time for a board retreat as well. Um, so we can it was recommended by finding leaders when we hired our new superintendent to have a board treat with him so we can set our expectations and make sure we get a refresher on ethics roles, all those things and make sure that our communication standards are set and all that. So Mr. Porcel, you definitely have to be at that one. So what is your schedule look like for the summer? I'm pretty open outside of uh June 13th. Okay. Well, we have already established June is not a good month for anything. So, let's look into July. July. We have it. What do we have? We have
128a meeting scheduled the 15th. We could I could get it down. It would be We already have a meeting. Yeah. I'm thinking about my Yeah, I I think I'll be there at that time. Sorry. We've got basketball tournaments all kind of stuff. So, yeah, 15th is good for me. We should just like try to make it longer. Yeah. So, we could do the the board meeting and then do the retreat right after or before Are you freed in Is anyone free in the daytime? It's sunny. We could be outdoors. It's conversation at the beach. Is that so? Let's tentatively say July 15th. We'll figure out a time. Let me reach out to finding leaders to see what their schedule is and then we can we can settle that at the not twoour meeting. We can
129debate it. That work for everyone. Got it. All right. That was the most difficult part of the um you kind of your voice. Yep. You can take anybody you want to. Okay. So, correspondence. Is there any other new business to before I move on? You flip them over. I don't think so. All right. So, then we will send out notice of the next board of education meeting. So, it is not what is on this agenda. The district is closed May 26th for Memorial Day, the last year of classes for students in pre-K to 11. It will be May 30th, 2025. The district will be closed June 19th. The next board of education meeting is scheduled for June 24th, 2025 at 5:45 p.m., but it's not. It's going to be sooner than that. So, that will
130go out. Sorry, I was reading out later. Is there any other public participation? Is there a motion to move? Second roll call, please. Super fast. Yes. Yes. Yes.